A group of volunteers, led by a fourth-year former architecture student, links two basements with a tunnel and turns them into an underground playground in the Syrian Arab Republic. to provide children with a relatively safe place to play and have fun together.

Leo Messi Foundation Helps for Syrian Children’s Education

May 5, 2017May 7, 2017 RMN News Children, Education, Leo Messi, Syrian

UNICEF has installed 20 new prefabricated classrooms in Tartus, Syria, and rural areas of Damascus, thanks to a donation from

Secretary-General António Guterres (left) addresses the Security Council ministerial-level meeting on the nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programmes of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). At right is Rex W. Tillerson, US Secretary of State and President of the Security Council for April. UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe

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Is America Ready for a War with North Korea?

April 29, 2017May 1, 2017 RMN News America, North Korea, War

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that preventing armed conflict in north-east Asia is the international community’s

Destroyed health centre in Sakhour, east Aleppo, Syria, which, four years ago, provided 20,000 Iraqi refugees with health care. Today, the UN is looking into its rehabilitation. Photo: OCHA/MB

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UN Calls for an End to Attacks on Syrian Hospitals

April 27, 2017April 29, 2017 RMN News Hospitals, Syria, Syrian, UN

Following reports of airstrikes that damaged hospitals in northern Syria, two senior United Nations (UN) humanitarian officials on Wednesday called

Iraqi civilians, who fled fighting in the city of Mosul, walk lit up by Iraqi special forces armoured vehicles, as they head to camps housing displaced people on November 2, 2016 in Bazwaia, Iraq. Photo: UNICEF

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One Million Civilians May Flee War-Torn Mosul

April 18, 2017April 19, 2017 RMN News Civilians, Mosul, UN, War

Noting that nearly half a million people have fled Mosul since the start of military operations to retake the city

President of Russia Vladimir Putin. Photo courtesy: Kremlin

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Trump’s Attack on Syria Is an Act of Aggression: Vladimir Putin

April 10, 2017April 12, 2017 RMN News Donald Trump, Russia, Syria, Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin regards the U.S. strikes on Syria as an attempt to draw public attention away from the numerous civilian

President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office, Nov. 10, 2016. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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Trump Blames Obama for Chemical Attack in Syria

April 5, 2017April 6, 2017 RMN News Barack Obama, Chemical Weapons, Donald Trump, Syria

The attack gave an opportunity to U.S. President Donald Trump to blame his predecessor Barack Obama for the chemical onslaught